quote:The swing process is only to the 'plane' of contact.
To me, everything before the commitment to the ball is just preparation to swing. There are many, many ways to get to this point. However, there is one that is more efficient for power and average and that is the swing of Ted Williams in the latter years of his career. There are also several who have different variations of that swing, but his is most efficient. Some of the variations are Babe Ruth, Lou Gerhig, Stan Musial, Gary Sheffield, Jimmy Foxx. Exact replicas are Barry Bonds and Josh Hamilton.
If you want to learn to hit or teach hitting, watch film of those hitters and try to duplicate them with your own swing. Figure out what they are doing and why. What does it do to your swing?